Twitter Tools

Twitter Tools & Apps:
Even though Twitter is adding more and more functionality to its website, the following Twitter tools and apps are indispensable when it comes to managing multiple users or Twitter accounts, or simply keeping better track of incoming tweets:

Set your website apart from the pack with a custom set of social media icons from Tony Thomas of MediaLoot. This icon pack includes 24 custom social icons from the most popular social networks with their logos redesigned as postage stamps for a classic design theme. Each icon comes as

A quick way to find out what’s trending on Twitter and why can be found at WhatTheTrend. Get last week’s Twitter trends, the Year in Review and also topics trending around the world. Definitions of hashtags and explanations of why something is trending are provided by users. A tool for

Create awareness throughout Twitter for your non-profit campaign by adding a Twibbon to your Twitter avatar. With your own Twibbon Campaign you’ll be able to create a microsite where users can support your cause, brand or organisation in a variety of ways: Related posts: Subscribe To Groups Of Twitterers With

Create free Twitter backgrounds at twitbacks.com. The site will let you choose from over 80 background designs, add links to your social networking accounts to your background and brand it with your own photo, bio or logo. Choose from photos, nature designs, cars, artistic, or custom backgrounds. Related posts: Free

Find out what percentage of traffic on Twitter contains a particular hashtag on hashtag.org. You get a graph for the past week which includes daily and hourly numbers. Clicking on the graph will get you 30 day data and if you sign in (free registration) you will also be able

Turn long URLs into short ones for posting on Twitter, using in e-mails, cloaking affiliate links and for redirects with URL shortening service TinyURL. By clicking on “preview feature” you can also preview the link to see where it’s taking you before clicking it (works with cookies). Short URLs created

Another popular app for Twitter is hootsuite, which lets you manage multiple users over multiple accounts. Create groups, manage your feeds into Twitter, schedule tweets and view user info without leaving your current window. There are so many services available now for managing Twitter – how do you know which